Earthquake: 3.3 quake strikes near La Habra

By By Ken Schwencke

Mar 29, 2014 | 11:02 PM

A map showing the location of the epicenter of Saturday evening's quake near La Habra, California. (Bing Maps)

A shallow magnitude 3.3 earthquake was reported Saturday evening one mile from La Habra, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 10:51 p.m. Pacific time at a depth of 0.6 miles.

According to the USGS, the epicenter was two miles from Fullerton, three miles from Buena Park, and three miles from La Mirada.

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In the past 10 days, there have been seven earthquakes magnitude 3.0 and greater centered nearby.

This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service and this post was created by an algorithm written by the author.